E3 2016
CONCEPT
The twenty-second annual Electronic Entertainment Expo took place June 14-16, 2016 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California.


Overview

E3 2016 marks the first year that the show had a public component. E3 Live is an open-to-the-public event that will occur adjacent to the main trade show. Some stalwart exhibitors also chose to exhibit outside the show, with Electronic Arts (Company) taking the opportunity to leave the show completely and hold its own unaffiliated show that will also be open to the public.


Giant Bomb @ E3 2016

Press Conferences

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Giant Bomb's E3 2016 Coverage Begins!

Bombcasts

Pre-E3 Day 01 Day 02 Day 03
Sealed Envelope Staff Impressions Staff Impressions Staff Impressions
Day 01 LIVE! (Video) Day 02 LIVE! (Video) Day 03 LIVE! (Video)
Day 01 LIVE! (Audio) Day 02 LIVE! (Audio) Day 03 LIVE! (Audio)


GB Presents

Press Conferences

EA Play 2016

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Vince Zampella

Sunday, June 12 @ 1 PM PDT - Club Nokia @ LA Live

  • Andrew Wilson (CEO) opened the show from L.A. and introduced Peter Moore (Person) (Chief Competition Officer) who was hosting live in London.
  • Andrew Wilson announced they would be live streaming an hour of 64-player Battlefield 1 (Game) after the event.
  • Vince Zampella (Person) (CEO of Respawn Entertainment (Company)) took the stage to introduce a trailer for Titanfall 2 (Game) multiplayer. (Trailer)
  • Vince Zampella then announced several new features from Titanfall 2 including six new titans as well as a single player campaign mode. (Trailer)
  • A trailer for Madden NFL 17 (Game) was shown. (Trailer)
  • Peter Moore discussed the importance of eSports and announced three tiers of EA eSports events (Challenger, Premier, and EA Major) that cater to players of all skill levels.
  • A hype reel for the Madden NFL 16 World Championship was shown.
  • ESPN's Stan Verrett took the stage in L.A. to introduce the final eight players in the Madden NFL 16 Championship.
  • Arryn Flynn (General Manager of BioWare (Company)) was in L.A. to briefly speak about the abmitions of Mass Effect: Andromeda, then introduced a behind the scenes video about its development. (Video)
  • Andrew Wilson returned to discuss the importance of continued support for their games with downloadable updates and free trials in EA Access.
  • Andrew Wilson announced a new program called "Play to Give," which gives players goals to achieve in their games that, once completed, will initiate a donation to several charities.
  • Peter Moore spoke about the importance of FIFA over the years.
  • A FIFA 17 (Game) trailer was introduced by the actor who portrays "Alex Hunter" in the all-new story mode in the game. (Video)
  • Peter Moore then announced that for the first time ever Premiere League managers are in the game including José Mourinho who joined Peter on stage.
  • Aaron McHardy (Person) (Producer) took the stage to discuss the changes and innovations to the gameplay in FIFA 17, then presented a new trailer. (Video)
  • Patrick Soderlund (Person) (EVP of EA Studios) came on stage in L.A. and introduced the new EA Originals program that supports independent developers.
  • Klaus Lyngeled (Person) (Creative Director at Zoink!) presented Fe (Game), the first EA Originals game. (Video)
  • Jade Raymond (Person) (VP/GM of Motive Studios (Company)/Visceral Games (Company)) took the stage in L.A. to discuss the various Star Wars (Franchise) games in development at DICE (Company), Criterion Games (Company), Motive, BioWare (Company), Respawn, Visceral, and Capital Games (Company).
  • Jade Raymond confirmed a Star Wars Battlefront 2017 (working title) was in development and that it will include content from the new trilogy of films.
  • Jade Raymond confirmed that Visceral's game directed by Amy Hennig (Person) will release in 2018 and featuring an original story with all new characters.
  • Jade Raymond confirmed that Respawn is working on a third-person action game in a "different Star Wars era."
  • Jade Raymond exited by introducing a behind-the-scenes video of the Star Wars games in development. (Video)
  • Patrick Soderlund returned to discuss the development of Battlefield 1 (Game).
  • Patrick Bach (Person) (General Manager at DICE) spoke about the importance of listening to the players of Battlefield. He announced they had invited many of their top players to play the game today.
  • Jamie Foxx and Zac Efron were briefly interviewed by the Battlefield game stations.
  • Patrick Bach then spoke about the new dynamic weather system and "behemoth" vehicles including zeppelins and trains. He then showed a new trailer. (Video)
  • Peter Moore and Andrew Wilson thanked everyone for watching. A montage of EA games was shown.

The Bethesda E3 Showcase

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Prey is back.

Sunday, June 12 @ 7:00 PM PDT - Dolby Theatre

  • The pre-show was once again hosted by Adam Sessler & Morgan Webb (Person).
  • The show began with a trailer revealing Quake Champions (Game). (Video)
  • Tim Willits (Person) (Studio Director of id Software (Company)) came on stage and announced Quake is back. He spoke about how Quake was a pioneer in the industry then about how the new game will cater to players of all skill levels.
  • Pete Hines (Person) (Global VP of PR & Marketing) spoke about how the last year was the biggest in the company's history thanks to The Elder Scrolls Online (Game), Fallout Shelter (Game), Fallout 4 (Game), and Doom.
  • Pete Hines introduced a new trailer for The Elder Scrolls: Legends. (Video)
  • Pete Hines then discussed the features of the game and announced it will be available on PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone, and Android in 2016.
  • A video featuring Todd Howard (Person) was shown where he discussed the new features coming to Fallout 4 and Fallout Shelter. He then revealed The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition coming to PC, PS4, and Xbox One on October 28, 2016. (Video)
  • Raphael Colantonio (Person) (President/Co-Creative Director of Arkane Studios (Company)) revealed the debut trailer for Prey, which is an entirely new game and not Prey 2. It will release in 2017. (Video)
  • A video featuring Marty Stratton (Person) (Executive Producer at id Software) was shown as he thanked fans for making Doom such a successful launch. He then spoke about the new features coming to Snap Map and multiplayer modes, which will all be free. "Unto the Evil" will be the game's first major DLC.
  • Pete Hines announced anyone can download the first level of Doom for free this week.
  • Matt Firor (Game Director at ZeniMax Online Studios (Company)) thanked fans for making The Elder Scrolls Online the 2015 MMOG of the Year. He announced the game would soon release in Japan. He then announced the game's newest expansion, Dark Brotherhood. (Video)
  • Matt Firor then announced a new feature for the game called "One Tamriel" which allows players to group up with whoever they want and explore the entire world with no restrictions or level requirements. The new mode will be available Fall 2016.
  • Pete Hines announced they are developing games with VR in mind and that they have demo versions of Doom and Fallout 4 available for attendees. Fallout 4 will be available on HTC Vive in 2017.
  • Adam Sessler & Morgan Webb showed a preview of what attendees will see after the show in "BE3 Lounge" demo stations.
  • Harvey Smith (Person) (Co-Creative Director at Arkane Studios) spoke about Dishonored 2 (Game)'s new locations while a video showed several of them. He then spoke about how the game takes place fifteen years after the first and how players can choose to play as either Corvo Attano (Character) or Emily Kaldwin (Character). He then narrated several minutes of Emily gameplay video. The release date was revealed to be November 11, 2016 and a new trailer was shown. (Video)
  • Pete Hines announced a Dishonored 2 Collector's Edition, which includes a replica of Corvo's mask. Pre-orders of any version (for a limited time) would get a free copy of Dishonored Definitive Edition.
  • Pete Hines thanked everyone for watching and closed the show.

Xbox E3 2016 Briefing

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Xbox One S & Project Scorpio announced.

Monday, June 13 @ 9:30 AM PDT - Galen Center

Ubisoft E3 Media Briefing 2016

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Longer than expected.

Monday, June 13 @ 1:00 PM PDT - Orpheum Theater

PlayStation E3 2016 Press Conference

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The Shrine

Monday, June 13 @ 6:00 PM PDT - Shrine Auditorium

Nintendo Live @ E3

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Nintendo Treehouse Live

Tuesday, June 14 @ 9:00 AM PDT

Game Critic Awards

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The Game Critics Awards are decided by an independent group of worldwide media outlets. They have selected the most promising games of each Electronic Entertainment Expo since 1998, and have thus become recognized as the most respected "Best of" awards that come out of the annual show. Games qualify for nomination by having hands-on playable versions of the game at the show.

Nominees for the 2016 Game Critics Awards were announced on June 28, 2016. Winners were announced on July 5, 2016. Battlefield 1 (Game) led the field with five nominations, but only took one award. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild was nominated for three awards and took all three including Best of Show. Electronic Arts (Company) had ten nominations followed by Sony Interactive Entertainment America (Company) with nine. And Sony had the most wins of any company with five.


Best of Show

====The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild====

Nominees

* Battlefield 1 (Game) - DICE (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)

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Best Original Game

====Horizon: Zero Dawn====

Nominees

* Abzû - Giant Squid (Company) / 505 Games (Company)

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Best PC Game

====Sid Meier's Civilization VI====

Nominees

* Battlefield 1 (Game) - DICE (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)

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Best Console Game

====The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild====

Nominees

* Battlefield 1 (Game) - DICE (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)

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Best VR Game

====Batman: Arkham VR====

Nominees

* Resident Evil 7 biohazard (Game) - Capcom (Company)

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Best Peripheral/Hardware

====PlayStation VR (Accessory)====

Nominees

* Oculus Touch (Accessory) - Oculus Studios (Company)

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Best Action Game

====Battlefield 1 (Game)====

Nominees

* Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare - Infinity Ward (Company) / Activision (Company)

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Best Action/Adventure Game

====The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild====

Nominees

* Dishonored 2 (Game) - Arkane Studios (Company) / Bethesda Softworks (Company)

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Best Fighting Game

====Injustice 2 (Game)====

Nominees

* Absolver (Game) - Sloclap (Company) / Devolver Digital (Company)

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Best Racing Game

====Forza Horizon 3 (Game)====

Nominees

* F1 2016 (Game) - Codemasters (Company)

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Best Role Playing Game

====Final Fantasy XV (Game)====

Nominees

* Deus Ex: Mankind Divided - Eidos-Montréal (Company) / Square Enix

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Best Sports Game

====Steep (Game)====

Nominees

* FIFA 17 (Game) - EA Canada (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)

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Best Strategy Game

====Sid Meier's Civilization VI====

Nominees

* Gwent: The Witcher Card Game - CD Projekt RED

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Best Family Game

====Skylanders Imaginators (Game)====

Nominees

* LEGO Dimensions (Game) - TT Games (Company) / WB Games (Company)

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Best Online Multiplayer Game

====Titanfall 2 (Game)====

Nominees

* Absolver (Game) - Sloclap (Company) / Devolver Digital (Company)

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Best Independent Game

====Inside====

Nominees

* Absolver (Game) - Sloclap (Company) / Devolver Digital (Company)

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Special Commendation for Graphics

God of War

Exhibitors